Telegram-herald., 1887-12-16
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There was an immense Gro wd a. the
Boulevard on Laks-4ye. last night. II ~.s
al orderly crowd. b.I highly sIcited ami
interested one. Prize fight crowds are
always excited. even though they represent
ali phases Of civilization. The long expect
ed meeting between James Fell Of this city /,
aud Peter J. Nolan. Of Cincinnati. was the
attraction This meeting has been the
topic Of earnest discussion among the
sporting fraternity for some weeks past.
The men were considered equally matched,
and there Was not much money up on the
contest. Fell had many friends. many Of
whom were inspired by his unhinching
confidence in himself and dste mination 10
win.
Nolan came here with Q good reputation
and bis appearance was certainly an en-
dorse nent of all that his friends claimed
for him.
Yesterday there was considerable an xiety
as TO whether the fight would be hippo
drome" Ii was talked ali about town that
things had been fixed. Whether an EFFORT
Was made TO settle the Tight beforehand
could not be traced to . reliable source
There was an immense crowd here from
outside cities. All gentlemen interested IN
the sport.
During the fore part Of the evening
Sweets hotel was the scene OF crowd OF
individuals decidedly too various in their
make up 10 admit OF correct description.
AT III O'Clock Nolan left the hotel for
| the Boulevards where Fell was awaiting
him anxious tor the fray to begin. The
place was crowded-in fact. 10 WAS the
| largest crowd that ever witnessed pugil-
istic contest near this city. For two hours
| they patiently awaited the appearance of
| the contestants. At twelve minutes past
O'Clock this morning Nolan appeared in
onds, G. p. Baldwin and John
Milet, of Cincinnati. He rimbIy stepped
| to the regulation ring, which was pitched
| In the centre of the hall and took his sea,
| in the southwest corner. Nolan looked
| confident. As Fell. who came almost im-
mediately after, took his seat in the oppo-
| site corner, an expression of surprise was
| noticeable on Nolan's face. Fell was &C
| companied by his seconds, James anc
Charles Lynch, of this city. The
| time keepers Fred Daley and James
| Forbes took their positions in the center of
| the ring with Harry Hata nil of Fort
| Wayne who was announced AS referee
| Hammi introduced Nolan and Fell to the
| audience after which they retired again to
| their corners to prepare for the call OF
1 lime" The seconds were ordered
| from the ring and then referee Hammil
gave the word. Fell was on the alert in an
instant and started towards Nolan and be-
| gan to force the fighting. There was no
| parlsying or light sparrinS. 1t was fight
| from the start and Nolan was certainly put
| on the defensive The blows were ex-
| changed with great rapidity and the two
/ ounce gloves soon commenced to maks
| the color of the blood apparent under the
contestants skin. Fell fought with greai
confidence and Nolan was certainly
courageous They elinched several times
and had TO be separated. At length after
| some very pretty work, close in, the mrs
round was declared at an end
The second round was certainly the
greatest pugiistic effort ever seen in this
| city. Fell seemed warmed TO bis work and
| dealt bis antagonist some fearful
and telling sledge hammer blows
about the breast and face. Nolan got in
some hard licks but they only seemed 70
nerve Fell To fight more ferceiy. There was
some good in fighting done. tell
| forced Nolan towards his cor
ner and closed the round by
dealing him q terrific up-blow under the
chin. At the conclusion of this round the
universal opinion of the spectators was that
| Nolan was q whipped man. DE looked
whipped and discouraged.
Tue third round was as long as it iusted a
repetition of the second unless it appeared
that Fell fought with more deter
| miuation than ever, while Nolan
showed signs Of losing strength. The two
| men clinched and Fell threw Nolan on bis
back with great force. Nolsn's seconds
rashed forward and claimed a foul.
AS soon as Referee Hammil
could gain the attention of the audience
which Was in a very excited state. he re-
marked, "Nolsn's seconds claim foul and
| allow it." He had no more than
announced this decision, when Fell sprang
upon him and gave him a severe pummel-
ing about the face. He was soon separated
from him. The crowd left the hall en-
ragged aud disgusted at the decision. Hsmm mil
was Nolan's friend and his decision cer-
tainly saved the latter from being knocked
out. Ii Was evident from the way
in which the fight was pro
crossing that ii would not
require the a,reed eight rounds to accom-
plish this either for Fell certainly showed
himsel to be far the superior man.
The fight was for the gate receipts Those
who attended were greatly incensed and
disappointed at the result and many harsh
remarks were made about Hammil and hi:
decision. Every body was so excited that IL
was impossib o get at any technical expls
nation OF whether 1t was foul or
not. The unanimous opinion wa:
that there was no foul. Ii was
most unfortunate for Fell who had grea'
victory more than bal won. Nolan has
Ger aiLly reasons 10 think more than be